Were you in Long Island on Christmas? Did you, by any chance, take communion at either the 10:30 a.m. or noon Masses at Our Lady of Lourdes Church in Massapequa Park? Health officials are warning that you might have gotten an extra Christmas gift with that wafer: hepatitis A. For privacy reasons details are being kept nun mum, a rep only saying that "an individual tested positive for hepatitis A who is involved in the Communion process," but if you are worried, the church is offering free hep A vaccines today from 3—8 p.m. and tomorrow from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m..
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